Ex-chair of Vote Leave: Labour could be ‘wiped out’ if it tries to block Brexit

Gisela Stuart, the former chair of Vote Leave, warned Labour MPs that voting for Theresa May’s Chequers deal was “dangerous” for the party and that “even established parties could be wiped out”.

She said that losing Labour seats in Scotland made the party vulnerable.

Ms Stuart, who is now the chair of Change Britain, Vote Leave's successor organisation, also warned that the Conservative Party was under threat too if they betrayed the Brexit vote, but that she “cared a lot more about Labour”.

Speaking at a Labour Leave event on “How Labour can maintain the support of Leave voters”, she said: “Nobody has changed their mind. I don’t know one person who has said they have changed how they would vote.

“Look at the People’s Vote March, I haven’t spoken to one person from that march who voted to leave the European Union. If they were there, I haven’t spoken to them.

“Everyone, who was at that march voted Remain.

“Refusing to leave the European Union is dangerous for the Labour Party. It is dangerous for the Conservative Party too but I obviously care a lot more about Labour.

“The 2015 election saw Labour lose all of its seats but one.

“An established party has been wiped out before.”

The General Election in 2015 saw the Labour Party lose 40 of its 41 seats in Scotland to the SNP, and the last election in 2017 only saw the party take back six other seats.